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Originally Posted by Lockman
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I am old enough to know that you never get under any vehicle if you remove a tire without first putting the correct type of jack stands under the vehicle to prevent it falling on you. ..
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But alas, wisdom does not always come with age
So glad you are responsible, I can sleep better now
But you can see how your original statement which only mentioned the inadequate bottle jack caused concern:
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Originally Posted by Lockman
... My 4 ton bottle jack on the frame just before the tire work out fine and allowed me to get behind the back side of the tire to make adjustments.
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BTW, The star-wheel should only go in one direction (move the shoes outward) unless the adjuster lever is pushed away from the star-wheel. The bigger challenge for me is to get the adjuster lever to release the star-wheel when I need to move the shoes in (loose). It takes two tools and some coordination. Hopefully I wont have to mess with it again however since I got self-adjusting 10 inch brakes on the
Scamp. As far as I know, there are not any self-adjusters for 7 inch brakes